Iron County register., 1887-01-06
TOO BADi
Those VINO Pinned Their Faith on the IN
nocence of Express Messenger Fotherins-
ham Have it Ruaely Shaken by Being
Told That $4,000 Was His Price-More

/ ham Have 1t Ruaely Shaken by SeAs
Told That $4,000 Was His Price-More
| Money Recovered.
| KANSAS CITY, No, Dec. 30.-The center
| of interest il the great express roppefy
has once more shifted to this clty LII al
| that has been published heretofore On the
| case. there seems to have been nothlng
definite given to the public as to fother-
, ingham's guilt or innocence. According
| to the confessions of both Wittrock and
/ Cook Fotheringham was party TO tne
| great conspiracy. and was to have re-
ceived $4,000 for the part he played.
When Bob Pinkerton left LeavenWorth
at six o'clock yesterday morning he had
recovered SO, 900 of the money stolen from
! the Adams Express Company. He was
! not through, however. Accompanied by
his three operatives and Wittrock and the
! latter's mother he came to this city. The
! party did not come up town. but re-
! NAMED at the Union depot, leaving the
impression that they were waiting for a
train. When the Missouri Pacific train
from st. Louis pulled in two men got OH,
one of whom was Detective McGinn, and
| the other Oscar Cook, the man arrested III
this city Saturday for completely in the
! express. Detective McGinn accompanied by
/ Oscar Cook and Mr.. J. III. Butler, agent OF
the Adams express, entered a carriage,
| and at half past nine stopped at the resi-
dence Of John Cox, Oscar Cooks father-ln
law, and with whom Wittrock had boarded
| part of the time while in this city.
/ The house is a modest dwelling on
| Commercial street, near the distillery-
| The detective, dispensing with formalitles,
dived under the house and soon reappear-
ed with half-dozen beer bottles, in which
were slowed lot of crisp New York
notes. Then they re-entered the carriage
! and were driven to the residence of Henry
Cook, the father Of the man under arrest.
! They did not enter at once, but
leaving the hack at the door walked
! to d frame house across the street,
! under which they found some more beer
bottles, likewise containing 1ucre. Then
they raped at the door of the Cook house,
and on being admitted met Jack Cook.
foreman of the distillery coopershop, and
! a brother of Oscar Cook, who was there
by appointment Detective McGinn in
formed Cook that he would be pleased to
have that 81 $50 Wittrociz had given him.
Cook, finding himself caught, weakened,
and, going to the cooper-shop, brought
back SSH, which he had secreted in the
| cooper-shed This was all that remained
of his share of the Doodle, the balance
. having been spent by Cook in bringing his
mother and sister from Louisville ana
furnishing house for them After tell
ing him that he would be given time to re
turn the rest, which Cook promises to do
by mortgaging his property in Louisville,
the detective drove to the city and re-
ported to his chief
The eamountrecovered yesterday is known
only to the detectives, as Mr.. Pinker-
ton refused to say anything about it. That
it is quite large, however, is certain. The
amount recovered at Leavenworth, So
300, together with that received from
Haight. in Nashville, $1,000, and the $500
given uD by Weaver in Chicago makes
the whole sum recovered in these places
S39.5 800. As the amount of cash stolen
was ISL 900, 500 remains to be ac-
counted for. The. detectives think that
comparatively little was spent by the rob-
bers, and say they will get it all. 1t IS
thought the amount found under the two
houses in the East bottoms must approx
mate $4,000. This is the more probable in
asmuch as when a search was made at the
time of Cooks arrest 40 money was found
His share must have been considerable,
from his intimacy with Wittrock
and the fact that he was taken
into the latter's confidence to the
extent of being employed to mail the Jim
. Cummings letters. The money found uu
Ter Cox's house, with whom Cook board
I'd, probably approximated $1,000, less
what Cook had spent, as that was about
the amount each OF the men received.
This, less sf,15o taken from Jack Cook and
the amount found under the second house,
leaves many thousand dollars yet to be ac-
counted for Wittrock and Cook,
while in this city. spent money
iavishly. What they could not
spend they gave away. Detective
Pinkerton says that at least dozen men in
the East bottoms, acquaintance Of Cook,
! received sums ranging from twenty-five
dollars to one thousand dollars. Some
received it in the shape Of loans, while a
few took it with a knowledge of where it
came from. Pinkertons men spent the
afternoon and night in looking up these.
Mr.. Pinkerton said that he knew the
names of all the parties, and that unless
they came up with the money he would
arrest them. Those who had received the
money as loan would not be molested,
but those who had taken 1t with a guilty
knowledge would not be allowed to com
promise.
When Whittrock was writing important
letters to the press there were some who
thought him shrewd fellow. Those ac-
quainted with the methods employed by
detectives in following up clews give him
credit for extraordinary stupidity. When
his brief career as train-robbtr ended
with his arrest, scarcely anybody
doubted that he would confess. That
was precisely what he did do
w men ne 1Ound tnat SuUlclent
evidence had been obtained to convict
him, he made a clean breast of the whole
affair. When Mrs. Wittrock'. letter. stat
ing that some of the money was at her
house, was received at Chicago, Pinkerton
and his operatives had already started for
Leavenworth with Wittrock. The anna
teur outlaw did something more. He
''peached" on Fothering CHAM. His story is
to the effect that Fotherin CHAM was to get
10000 for the part he played in the fiasco.
It was thought at first that the robbery
had been planned so carefully that sus-
picion would be diverted from the express !
messenger In order, as he thought, to |
still further deceive the officials the first |
letter was written before the robbery. !
which was planned to take place October |
co. and was dated October 21 The rob |
berry not taking place until the 25th, !
the date was changed, the same letter be- /
ing used. It was the fact that the date !
had been changed, and that the old date |
was plainly visible. that furnished the |
strongest evidence of Fotheringham COM !
plicity, and the letter more than anything !
else led to his Indictment. /
A Bad Wreck.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec 29.-The Alliance
(O) accommodation train on the Ft.
Wayne road. which left this city late yes |
terday afternoon. was wrecked last night |
near New Galilee, about forty miles west
of this city, and nearly all the passengers |